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YOUTH RIGHTS

They told us we were the future. Then they stole it

This article reflects on the unfulfilled promises of democracy for young people, fifty years after the Soweto Uprising. It highlights how youth globally bear the brunt of…

  • Rabia Turnbull
8 min read